Siemens Modular Metro

{{Short description|German electric multiple unit trains (1997-pres.)}}

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| name = Siemens Modular Metro

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| caption = A Siemens Modular Metro for the Kaohsiung Metro in Taiwan

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| interiorcaption = Interior of the Siemens Nexas for Metro Trains Melbourne

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| service = 1999–present

| manufacturer = Siemens

| family = Modular Metro

| yearconstruction = 1998–2020

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| successor = Inspiro

| formation = 2–8 car sets

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  • {{track gauge|sg|lk=on}} (most systems)
  • {{track gauge|1600mm|lk=on}} (Metro Trains Melbourne)

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The Siemens Modular Metro is a family of electric multiple unit trains for rapid transit systems produced by Siemens Mobility (originally Siemens Transportation Systems) and used by rail operators around the world. The vehicle concept was launched in Vienna in 2000 and is a modular concept allowing many variants of metro vehicles.{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_9_40/ai_65803952|title=New Vehicle Concept Launched In Vienna|work=International Railway Journal|via=findarticles.com|date=September 2000|access-date=2008-08-30}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024|fix-attempted=yes}} Previously known as Modular Mobility, Siemens, whose rail equipment division had since been renamed Siemens Mobility, still uses the abbreviation Mo.Mo;{{cite web|url=https://www.siemens.co.th/iportal/zDoc/Business/Industry/IMO/Metro_System_for_Bangkok_1349509.pdf|title=Metro System for Bangkok, Thailand|language=English|date= |website=siemens.co.th|publisher=Siemens AG Transportation Systems / Turnkey Systems|access-date= |quote="(...) based on the modular Mo.Mo metro concept (...)"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421233227/https://www.siemens.co.th/iportal/zDoc/Business/Industry/IMO/Metro_System_for_Bangkok_1349509.pdf|archive-date=April 21, 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/siemens-tries-momo-concept.html|title=Siemens tries MoMo concept|language=English|date=1 July 1999|work=Railway Gazette International|access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421232543/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/siemens-tries-momo-concept.html|archive-date=April 21, 2018|url-status=dead}} however, few of these trains are being built, since Siemens had moved to their Inspiro metro platform in 2013.

Technology

The train is designed for use on systems in the 20,000 to 60,000 passengers/hour range. The design of the train bodies is by Porsche Design. Modules in the system include various vehicle ends, doors, gangways, roof-mounted air-conditioning, and interiors. Many combinations of motor cars and trailers are possible, with individual vehicle lengths from {{convert|17|to|25|m|ftin}} and widths from {{convert|2.6|to|3.2|m|ftin}}. Stainless steel or aluminium construction is available, in three cross sections: straight sidewalls, sidewalls sloping at 3 degrees, and contoured.

Operators

  • Guangzhou Metro:120 B1 metro cars for line 3.
  • Bangkok Transit System Skytrain: 35 4-car sets
  • Taipei Metro, Taiwan: 36 C321 and 6 C341 six-car sets for the Bannan Line
  • Vienna U-Bahn: designated as Type V, 6-car units
  • Shanghai Metro: 28 six-car 04A01 modular trains, 72 additional metro cars of 01A04. First two of 04A01 trains in Vienna, remainder built in China.{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1215/is_5_203/ai_87022872|title=Siemens, Alstom win Chinese transit contracts|work=Railway Age|date=May 2002|via=findarticles.com|access-date=2008-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024072404/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1215/is_5_203/ai_87022872|archive-date=October 24, 2008|url-status=dead}}
  • Metro Trains Melbourne: 72 3-car trains locally designated as Siemens Nexas.{{cite web|url=http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=suburban&traintype=Siemens|title=VICSIG: Siemens trains|publisher=www.vicsig.net|access-date=2008-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915195206/https://vicsig.net/index.php?page=suburban&traintype=Siemens|archive-date=September 15, 2024|url-status=live}} Use a broad track gauge of {{track gauge|1600mm|lk=on}}.
  • Bangkok Metropolitan Rapid Transit: 19 3-car sets for the Blue Line{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_7_44/ai_n6131837|title=Bangkok's first underground metro open|work=International Railway Journal|via=findarticles.com|date=July 2004|access-date=2008-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060327093705/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_7_44/ai_n6131837|archive-date=March 27, 2006|url-status=dead|quote="The stainless-steel cars are based on Siemens' modular MO.MO metro concept."}}
  • Oslo Metro: 115 3-car units locally designated as MX3000.
  • Nuremberg U-Bahn U2 and U3: 30 two-car driverless trains designated as DT3, 36m long, 2.9m wide with an inter-car gangway. 80 seats and room for 240 standing passengers.{{cite web|last=Knutton|first=Mike|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_8_42/ai_101944225|title=First U-Bahn to convert to fully automatic operation|date=August 2002|work=International Railway Journal|via=findarticles.com|access-date=2008-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329234653/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_8_42/ai_101944225|archive-date=March 29, 2008|url-status=dead}}
  • Kaohsiung Metro: 42 3-car sets, with provision to eventually be expanded to 6-car sets

Image:V-Wagen-Wien.png|First official Mo.Mo train, the Vienna U-Bahn Type V

Image:Innenraum U-Bahn Wien Typ V.JPG|Inside view of Vienna U-Bahn Type V

Image:Metro Trains Melbourne Siemens at Spotswood.jpg|Version of the Siemens Modular Metro (Siemens Nexas) as used on the railways in Melbourne

Image:Nürnberg DT3 innen.JPG|Internal features of the Nuremberg Fully Automatic DT3

Image:Majorstuen stasjon with 2 MX3000.jpg|MX3000 trains in Oslo

Image:Interior of Metro.jpg|Interior of Mo.Mo train in Bangkok Metro

Image:Bangkok Skytrain 2011.jpg|Mo.Mo train in BTS Skytrain Bangkok

Image:Shanghai Science & Technology Museum Station.jpg|Shanghai Mo.Mo was designed in Germany, but built in China

Image:Shmetro Line 2 Train.jpg|Inside the Shanghai Mo.Mo

Image:ADtranz-Siemons train of Guangzhou Metro, leaving from Kengkou Station.JPG|Guangzhou Mo.Mo in Guangzhou Metro line 1

Design origins

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The bodies of the trains evolved from the 1993 DT2 Series used in the Nuremberg U-Bahn whose design in turn came from production of the A Series built for the nearby Munich U-Bahn.

File:Nürnberg U-Bahn DT2 Train.jpg|The Nuremberg DT2 from 1993 was a precursor to the Modular Metro designs

File:U-Bahn Nürnberg DT 551-552 Flughafen Innen.jpg|Interior of the DT2

File:U-Bahn Muenchen Freimann Zugtyp A.jpg|The Munich U-Bahn A Series appeared in 1967, influencing later metro designs

See also

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